No matter how one looks at it, this is likely a bug and a bug report should be raised. This should ‘just work’ and clearly it does not.
Reference the model option you applied, there are many others than ‘auto’. Did you try them all one at a time (with a reboot between each) ? They are:
ALC882/883/885/888/889
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3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
arima Arima W820Di1
targa Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
asus-a7j ASUS A7J
asus-a7m ASUS A7M
macpro MacPro support
mb5 Macbook 5,1
macmini3 Macmini 3,1
mba21 Macbook Air 2,1
mbp3 Macbook Pro rev3
imac24 iMac 24'' with jack detection
imac91 iMac 9,1
w2jc ASUS W2JC
3stack-2ch-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O (ALC883)
alc883-6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O (ALC883)
3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
acer-aspire-4930g Acer Aspire 4930G
acer-aspire-6530g Acer Aspire 6530G
acer-aspire-7730g Acer Aspire 7730G
acer-aspire-8930g Acer Aspire 8930G
medion Medion Laptops
medion-md2 Medion MD2
targa-dig Targa/MSI
targa-2ch-dig Targa/MSI with 2-channel
targa-8ch-dig Targa/MSI with 8-channel (MSI GX620)
laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
haier-w66 Haier W66
3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
mitac Mitac 8252D
clevo-m540r Clevo M540R (6ch + digital)
clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
fujitsu-xa3530 Fujitsu AMILO XA3530
3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
intel-alc889a Intel IbexPeak with ALC889A
intel-x58 Intel DX58 with ALC889
asus-p5q ASUS P5Q-EM boards
mb31 MacBook 3,1
sony-vaio-tt Sony VAIO TT
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
Please provide the information that is requested to be provided in our multimedia stickie for sound help: Welcome to multimedia sub-area
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I’ll copy and paste this for you to make it easier:
please post in this … sub-forum, providing in your post the following information:
and select the SHARE/UPLOAD option and after the script finishes it will give you a URL to pass to the support personnel. Please post here the output URL/website-address that gives. Just the URL/website-address. You may need to run that script twice (the first time with root permissions to update in the /usr/sbin directory, and the second time to get the URL).
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Note if for some reason that gives you no website/url/address then run it with the no-upload option:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
and post the file /etc/alsa-info.txt it creates to Pastebin.com and press SUBMIT on that site and again post here the URL/website-address it provides.
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… some clarification on running the script “alsa-info.sh” … when you run:
Just post the URL you get (similar to the RED URL in my example, but yours will be different).
Again, if you can not get that, then run this with the no upload option:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
which will create the file /tmp/alsa-info.txt. Copy that file and paste it on [Pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com) and press submit. That will give you a URL address. Please post that URL here.
Also provide the following:
in a terminal, or xterm, or konsole, type: rpm -qa ‘alsa’ #and post output here
in a terminal, or xterm, or konsole, type: rpm -qa ‘pulse’ #and post output here
in a terminal, or xterm, or konsole, type: rpm -q libasound2 #and post output here
in a terminal, or xterm, or konsole, type: uname -a #and post output here
for openSUSE-11.1 or earlier, in a terminal, or xterm, or konsole, type: cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound #and post output here
for openSUSE-11.2 or newer, in a terminal, or xterm, or konsole, type: cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf #and post output here
When it comes to writing a bug report, there is guidance here: openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE and use your openSUSE forum user name and password to log on to bugzilla. Write the bug report against openSUSE-11.3 component “sound”. This will bring the problem to the attention of the SuSE-GmbH sound packager who is also an alsa sound developer, and if anyone can solve this, he can. Note he will NOT read an openSUSE forum thread, so it is important that your bug report has all the salient information. Attach to your bug report the text file (as an attachment) that you get from running:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
And then track the bug report, checking every day or so. Note when the openSUSE packager asks a question, and you answer the question, be certain to clear the “NEED INFO” flag that he has set.
So do I, on my Lenovo ThinkPad SL510. Is it a bug? Two separate mixer channels with total flexibility, and the ability to mute the speakers via the Mixer.
Some of us think this is a bug. … We like the auto mute of speakers by plugging in the headphones, and most hardware works that way.
I take it then the ALC269Q in your SL510 does not work that way, and you like it. Thats good. … I note: Realtek ALC269Q - ThinkWiki which suggests Thinkpad Edge 14", Edge 15", L412, L512, SL410, and SL510 will all have the same behaviour.
Correct, it doesn’t work that way. I understand it doesn’t work as you like it. Headphones on notebooks provide superior audio especially with HD, but I can also mute the speakers via Kmix (KDE), Gnome equivalent, and presumably alsamixer (commandline). The KDE speaker volume is weak compared to Gnome. For me, bug or feature is an open question. However, I understand many users expect past behaviour to continue, ad infinitum
And it looks like kernel 2.6.37 may fix my SL510 with “auto mute speakers of speakers by plugging in the headphones”, as YOU like it, oldcpu et al. I can live with that.